Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-07
COPPER ssssaSs.

part of the Naks companies, was fore
 shadowvd some time ago.
 Thu Calumat and Hecla have con Etrolled tic price in thls country ia th, past, and from present appearance will continue 10 Tor some time [, fcome sinoe they have large ore re
 serves and tAe most complete plant ii
 the world Notwithstanding the lov percentage ot metal in the orc anc the considerable deptb at which 1t \
 mined, the eost Of production is ex
 ceedingly low by reason of their per.
 feet facilities for miairg eud redac.
 tion Possessing, toa, the iumens. advantage over Western producers ol
 unsurpassed transportation faciiihe.
 and consequent low rates of freight
 nearness to nlarket, aud tue unriyaled reputation of Lake copper, the Lake mines are likely to hold snpremaeY ai
 least until immense deposits of copper in isolated sections of the West can be
 made available bydireet rail eonnee.
 tion with tbe East, the eheapenina oi fuel and improved methods of mining
 and reduction.
 Arizona, not many years hence, will
 be a more dangerous rival Of the Lake
 Superior district than Montana Tbe
 Anaeonda and Butte mines have about
 reached the lniaimum cost of produc.
 t'on their prss are base, requiring
 many and expensive processes before
 being shlpped in the form Of matte to
 Eastern q English refining works to
 be submitted to still nicer methods in ordert to separate the copner. silver apa gold AZ the present price Of copper the Montana mines have .'the laboing tar, and win find t difficult, if not Apposs36le, 10 operate without loss. vhile the Calumet and Hecla will Fpprsue the even tenor of its way keping up its large output and pay ing dividends as in tie past.
 lt Arizona copper mining may be cons dered M is infancy. Inc mines have peep little more Shan prosuected and the extoRt of tbe deposits, while known to be immause, have not Vt been acurately deter nined. or the several copper districts n Arigoaa,ouly three hiye cat any figure Ii the an. pual piodGetion of tbe Territory namely lllfton, Bisbee and Globe. OfI lhese Clifton bas made ths largest aut. put her aints have been more svste. developed, large sums ex- pended upon improved machinery and b efforts to lessen Aecost of haadling -hc orc and 2 railroad built to Lords. 5urg, on the Soutbcrn Paclfc, cheap- sned the cost of fnel and transnorta len of supplies and bullion. Yet gith these advantages t is doubtful ig ne Ciliton companies can operate at hs present price of copper Bisbep s oinewhat batter of, her ores are rjcli. ' and require less lnxing; new and arger furnaces have hebn recently [ rscted and other improvements made < which may enable the mines to runl rith rhe existing low price of tho roduct. 0f the intention of tue ilpbe eonpany VI can only coniec urci but ef t!ie aine itselt we speak Notwithstanding the very mall amount of doyelopment done iu he past SIX months and almost Con- .ant demands upon the oFa bodiea, ae aiine is looking exceptional ywell, nd rnaer the present adverse eircunl- tances copper can be produced here { a profit hut it is doubtfnl if tbe wners pf the Globe mine will zee 1t ? ocontiuue operations with 90 small a iargin of gain and tLe possibility ofl aying to carry their product in con. aquence of an oYerstocked market. ortunately solution of the copper roblem, as for as Glob5 Is conce med.
 near at hand aud will be effected by ie construction of the Arizona in. raj Belt railroad, which nov seems ssure3 The cost of fuel, s,ipplios nd tran sportation of bullion sill be realty lesseued thereby, aid the lobe company, as well as owners of ther valuable copper mines ia tbis strict, will De enabled to wtrk ores Inch in other sections of the country .ould De considered rich, but are here unavailable by rea5on of tho excessive 2st of reduction and tr.ansgorttion
 4 report comes from tho 9lty of Iexico tllat two Of the seven legend v mines of Mexico, from winch tho panish conqUerors extracted inex- unstable quantities of gobl and sii- sr two centuries ago, have been found the exploring party sent out by le Sonota Company two years ago, ld that they prove to he as rich as ten tlta legend held tlem to be. hese mines are known as tho Guay- 1pa and layona The sonora Com my was organized two years ago by llcago man and has I'M lts haaa-